The Historical CISO

Examine cybersecurity through the perspective of well-known strategists in history. Discover historical security issues and extract practical lessons for today.

A Lucid View of History | Series Trailer: Plato and tech budgets? Mao and cloud adoption? Churchill and work from home security? All this and more, as we plunder history for tomorrow's answers.
A Lucid View of History | Volume 1: The debut episode of 'A Lucid View of History' is out! It's cutting edge and brilliant dead time. Let's make this a conversation: subscribe, comments, suggestions, Shakespearian insults — let's have them!
A Lucid View of History | Volume 2: "If you know your enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles." You've likely seen Sun Tzu in all the best techno-strategy presentations — but do you know how to use those lessons to be successful? This week the brilliant dead meet the cutting edge, mashing up muskets, Christmas, IBM, and Google.
A Lucid View of History | Volume 3: Imagine you're the villain… Would you rather be invulnerable or invisible? When is it savvy to bring a knife to a gunfight? And what's love got to do with it…? Find out, when the brilliant dead meet the cutting edge, with A Lucid View of History.
A Lucid View of History | Volume 4: If you're patching against Zerologon — don't watch this video, keep patching! If you don't know what Zerologon is, or your team is furiously working late nights to solve it — here's everything you need to know to get their back, and WFH means you have their pizza delivered.
A Lucid View of History | Volume 5: If you record yourself talk and share it with the world, you must think pretty highly of yourself... Not always true. I have great reason to be humble. Here's one piece of evidence from a storehouse full...
A Lucid View of History | Volume 6: Thanks to #SunTzu, we've talked about them. This week it's all about you. Well, bowls, balls, and bones, too. But mainly you. Have you done a net assessment on yourself? How well do you adapt to change?